Charles Benjamin Leuin is a lawyer practicing litigation, labor & employment, trial practice. Charles received a A.B. degree from Duke University in 1990, and has been licensed for 32 years. Charles practices in Chicago, IL.
Charles Benjamin Leuin
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesExperience: Representative Matters: Represented business clients in cases involving unfair competition, tortious interference,
other business torts, as well as Lanham Act
Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims.
Represented financial institutions
other consumer businesses in consumer class actions
litigation brought under various statutory schemes applicable to consumer
financial transactions.
Obtained summary judgment
affirmance of judgment on appeal for a financial institution client in a seven-figure priority dispute in bankruptcy court.
Obtained no liability judgment in favor of client following bankruptcy court trial of a high six-figure preference
fraudulent conveyance claim.
Obtained preliminary injunction
affirmance of injunction on appeal for technology industry client against former employee
new employer for breach of restrictive covenant
misappropriation of trade secrets.
Obtained no liability judgment following trial on behalf of former bank executives accused of trade secret misappropriation
other business torts.
Obtained no liability judgment following the arbitration of an indemnity claim under an asset purchase agreement with an eight-figure potential exposure for a manufacturing client.
Negotiated nuisance value settlement following significant favorable initial court rulings in a case seeking $7 million for alleged fraud in real estate transaction.
Some of the above representations were h
led by Mr. Leuin prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1994, Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Trial Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
MembershipsProfessional & Community Involvement
•Member, American Bar Association
•Member, Chicago Bar Association -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Illinois College of Law
Class of 1994
J.D.
magna cum laude
Other EducationDuke University
Class of 1990
A.B.
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1968
1968